The phrase "a time when aol" is not correct and appears to be incomplete in written English.
It could be used in a context discussing a specific period related to AOL, but it lacks clarity and completeness.
Example: "I often think back to a time when AOL was the leading internet service provider."
Alternatives: "an era when AOL" or "a period when AOL".
That can be the only explanation as to why its management elected to pay $6.75 billion in cash instead of stock for a 49% interest in AOL Europe at a time when AOL's shares were worth roughly $40.
And the change will come at a time when AOL, still the dominant Internet service provider, is starting to show renewed competitive vigor.
But at a time when AOL is trying to promote its technology that can block spam, spyware and pop-up ads, Advertising.com has been associated with all of these marketing techniques.
The allegations involve a series of online advertising transactions beginning in 2000 – a time when AOL was under increasing pressure to reach revenue targets to justify its merger with Time Warner – that eventually led to several earnings restatements.
There was a time when AOL, the leading service provider in the dial-up era, was expected to own the future of the Internet, just as Blockbuster was expected to dominate video rentals for years to come.
The move to the new AOL Mail is part of an interesting transformation at the company, coming at a time when AOL continues its turnaround (yesterday it posted its lowest decline, but still a decline, in seven years of pummeling by Google), with technology-led initiatives.
At a time when America Online aol, the world's largest ISP, can boast more than 17 million subscribers, and HAS and SoftNet each have roughly 5,000, which seems pitifully low.
For instance, it's been widely known for months that when AOL Time Warner completes its purchase of AOL Europe from Bertelsmann, it would eat into earnings.
The Wow.com domain has been kicking around AOL since 1998, when AOL purchased some assets from CompuServe, and every time AOl uses it for a new product it turns into the kiss of death.
When AOL Time Warner chief Jerry Levin unveiled his retirement plans in December, company spinmeister Ed Adler convinced almost every major news outlet that the appointment of Richard Parsons as his heir-apprent somehow signaled a victory for old media over new media; i.e., the Time Warner guys are in control.
AOL's ad revenues climbed 16% in the period; this paled in comparison to the first quarter, when AOL logged a 40% increase in ad revenue growth.
